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Un an après la chute de Bachar Al-Assad, plusieurs anciens détenus témoignent de l’enfer concentrationnaire syrien
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Un an après la chute de Bachar Al-Assad, les langues déliées de l’enfer concentrationnaire syrien : « Je n’ai jamais raconté mon histoire, mais maintenant, on peut parler, non ? »
Un an après la chute d’Al-Assad, d’anciens prisonniers livrent au journaliste Arthur Sarradin leur parcours dans les geôles syriennes. Le photographe Edouard Elias a immortalisé ces prisons hantées par les tortures et les exécutions.

Farmers' Almanac, first printed in 1818, says its 2026 edition will be its last, citing financial challenges; access to the online version will end in December (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/farmers-almanac-ceases-publication-…

Farmers' Almanac to cease publication after 2 centuries of predicting weather
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers’ Almanac said Thursday that its 2026 edition will be its last, citing the growing financial challenges of producing and distributing the book in today’s “chaotic media environment.” Access to the online version will cease next month. The Maine-based publication was first printed in 1818. It's distinct from the Old Farmer’s…

I sat for a long while with my complicated feelings about "vibe coding". It is _genuinely_ empowering for many — opening a door to creating with code that otherwise would never exist. Also? It enables a dangerous dependency that could be a path to serfdom for coders. https://www.…

Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

A daft tune. it wasn't me, honest it weren't
#strudel

Christmas means nothing for Trump, pure evil.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-says-no-catholic-bishops-call-christmas-pause-immigration-enforcement

White House says no to Catholic bishops' call for Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
Florida Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump for a Christmas pause on immigration raids, citing fear in communities during the holiday season.

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, saying it is "significantly better" at "long-horizon reasoning" and is the first model it has trained for Windows environments (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/op…

OpenAI's Codex Max solves one of my biggest AI coding annoyances - and adds dramatically faster performance
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is ready to take on your next massive coding job. Here's what's new.

"Very sad day for crow enthusiasts" says #pastagang

Employers slashed more than 150,000 jobs in October,
the largest wave of layoffs in more than 20 years,
a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Nov. 6.
From tech to Hollywood, retailers and utilities,
U.S. companies are intensifying job cuts and workforce reductions that began in 2024,
as they focus on cost savings and leaner operations amid a challenging economic environment.
Firms have pointed to a myriad of causes for their layoffs,
fr…

Layoffs are hitting. See the major companies cutting jobs in 2025.
Verizon, Amazon, Target and Paramount are just a few of the many companies to have announced layoffs in 2025.

"Despite their promises, governments’ new emission-cutting plans submitted for the Cop30 climate talks taking place in Brazil have done little to avert dangerous global heating for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Climate Action Tracker update.
The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6C above preindustrial times by the end of the century"
#ClimateCatastrophe

One of the rhythms BC Manjunath, Matt Davies and me will be exploring on the 8th November in Sheffield UK. It's going to be a lot of fun